<p>Now we know why this guy couldn’t get a job and ended up as a janitor. It didn’t have anything to do with his major, his GPA, or the economy:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/engineering-majors/1096816-counterintuitive-side-engineering.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/engineering-majors/1096816-counterintuitive-side-engineering.html</a></p>
<p>His mistake was going to a school where they stressed theory and expected students to be on their own when looking for jobs. If he actually bothered to do the research on job placement rates for various colleges, he would have chosen a college like Cal Poly SLO and would now be working as an engineer.</p>
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After reading the thread that I linked to earlier in the post, I’d say it all makes sense now.</p>